Places of Interest

UW-Green Bay includes 13 major buildings for instruction and services to students and a student housing complex of 25 apartment, apartment-suite and residence hall buildings. There are many other prominent features on campus that are a destination for both campus and community members. If you have not been on campus in a while we invite you to come explore.

At the center of learning and the academic buildings is the David A. Cofrin Library, supporting the academic programs with a collection of more than one million items. As a depository for the U.S. government and the state of Wisconsin, the library has extensive holdings of and electronic access to government documents. The Special Collections Department contains historical records of Northeast Wisconsin, genealogical records, and a local business-archives collection.

The Kress Events Center is the host for Phoenix Athletics, concerts, university-wide events and is the headquarters for workouts, weight training, and intramural sports. The facility features an athletics training room, weight rooms, cardio deck, Olympic-sized pool, racquetball courts, a climbing tower, outdoor playing fields, and a multipurpose gymnasium for basketball, volleyball and indoor tennis.

The Lawton Gallery, located adjacent to the theater in Theater Hall, is free and open to the public, and indeed is one of the few free public art venues in the region. The gallery mounts six to eight exhibits each year, including shows by UW-Green Bay faculty and students. The gallery has a role in the Art academic program, both through its exhibits and through classes that offer gallery management experience to students.

The Shorewood is a nine-hole golf course with rolling and wooded terrain and it was recently voted a top 50 fun place to play in Wisconsin by the authors of "Golf Wisconsin". A challenge for some because of the narrow fairways. Not up for a round, just stop by for the delicious sandwiches at the club house, a faculty and staff favorite.

University Theatre, located in Theater Hall, is a 450-seat space with proscenium stage with dressing rooms and a green room. Most student productions (Theatre Main stage) are produced in this space. The space also accommodates music events, recitals, and the annual Danceworks concerts. Tickets for these events can be purchased through University Ticketing Services.

The Weidner Center features the 2,000-seat Cofrin Family Hall, the 200-seat Fort Howard Hall for recitals, and the 99-seat-in-the-round Jean Weidner Theatre, and a dance studio. The outstanding acoustics in center have won accolades from performers ranging from Yo Yo Ma to Tony Bennett to the Oakridge Boys. A Casavant pipe organ and a Dale Chihuly chandelier are among amenities that are “icing on the cake” for the facility.